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The First Man(???)
newgene87:
--- Quote from: mharrell08 on August 14, 2012, 08:53:47 AM ---I wasn't referring to either...the passage in question was 1 Cor 15:44.
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Ok.....your saying
1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
a "scripture"
Genesis 2:7
...and man became a living soul.
Is a parable? Cause paul was simply quoting it, but obviously added "FIRST"; but according to Scripture, Adam would be the first man - but Ray was revealing that Gen 1:26 proves he wasn't. If thats a parable, genesis is a parable. Which could make Genesis 5:1-2 state that ADAM could be plural and the last Adam was ONE, Christ. Maybe that would conclude that ADAM wasnt just one man but then again that contradict Paul in other areas. Idk, but saying its a parable would be confusing...well to me that is. Regardless, I'm keeping this in prayer. Love to all
Eugene
dave:
I can understand that, still Paul says 1Co 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
1Co 15:45 so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit,
1Co 15:46 but that which is spiritual is not first, but that which was natural, afterwards that which is spiritual.
I can see this as a parable.
The wonder is in Gen. 1:26-27 that "God is creating humanity" and it's been said that this was the less advanced humanity, but was this humanity man? before Gen. 2:7 the farmer and tiller.
So, the question is, if there was "humanity" before, that man, Paul calls the "first Adam" perhaps the key is "man became a living soul" the humanity of Gen.1:26-27 were not living souls?
mharrell08:
It's a parable because Paul isn't giving a literal history lesson, neither phrase is literal. First man vs Last man is a spiritual condition. Read the entire chapter and not focus on the one word 'first'.
dave:
--- Quote from: mharrell08 on August 14, 2012, 09:21:40 AM ---It's a parable because Paul isn't giving a literal history lesson, neither phrase is literal. First man vs Last man is a spiritual condition. Read the entire chapter and not focus on the one word 'first'.
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I understand that, so then all the humanity that God created in Gen.1:26-27 is not or was not man? Paul's ICor. parable speaks of Gen. 2:7 and we disregard Gen. 1:26-27
mharrell08:
--- Quote from: micah7:9 on August 14, 2012, 09:32:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: mharrell08 on August 14, 2012, 09:21:40 AM ---It's a parable because Paul isn't giving a literal history lesson, neither phrase is literal. First man vs Last man is a spiritual condition. Read the entire chapter and not focus on the one word 'first'.
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I understand that, so then all the humanity that God created in Gen.1:26-27 is not or was not man? Paul's ICor. parable speaks of Gen. 2:7 and we disregard Gen. 1:26-27
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Paul is speaking of our spiritual condition, not who was created when. This is not the chapter to gain insight into when mankind was first created. That's not Paul's point at all in this chapter.
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